_____________________________________ | | October 31, 2017 | MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT | | U.S. General Imports | | By Category, 9/2017 Data | |_____________________________________| Category 201: SPECIALTY YARNS Data in Million $$$, * I/P: * Calendar Years Year-to-Date Year-Endings YE 9/2017 Country 2015 2016 9/2016 9/2017 % Change 9/2016 7/2017 8/2017 9/2017 % Change % Share WORLD 274.167 239.939 187.547 185.865 -0.90 248.315 238.472 236.122 238.257 -4.05 100.00 MEXICO 58.740 59.321 47.096 39.080 -17.02 61.400 54.100 52.318 51.305 -16.44 21.53 CHINA P 46.428 41.220 29.690 39.691 33.69 40.013 48.880 49.383 51.221 28.01 21.50 CHINA T 40.782 38.118 29.760 30.178 1.40 39.613 40.450 39.066 38.535 -2.72 16.17 PORTUGL 27.342 18.263 16.960 12.929 -23.77 20.568 14.716 14.395 14.232 -30.80 5.97 FRANCE 11.591 9.521 7.372 7.314 -0.79 10.513 9.157 9.061 9.462 -9.99 3.97 CANADA 9.258 8.414 6.332 5.833 -7.88 8.721 8.033 8.099 7.915 -9.25 3.32 CZECH 5.998 2.449 1.603 6.415 300.28 2.201 5.891 6.515 7.262 229.86 3.05 INDIA 7.068 6.404 4.537 4.595 1.26 5.993 6.100 6.203 6.462 7.82 2.71 VIETNAM 9.351 6.573 5.051 4.515 -10.62 7.075 6.057 5.883 6.036 -14.69 2.53 ITALY 7.017 4.921 3.634 4.189 15.28 5.125 5.382 5.485 5.476 6.84 2.30 TURKEY 5.463 3.441 2.417 4.189 73.36 3.630 4.699 4.909 5.214 43.65 2.19 KOR REP 4.560 3.437 2.516 2.660 5.73 3.720 3.419 3.329 3.581 -3.75 1.50 THAILND 3.093 3.391 2.765 2.913 5.36 3.756 3.449 3.468 3.539 -5.78 1.49 POLAND 1.040 3.858 2.486 1.944 -21.83 3.184 3.408 3.123 3.315 4.11 1.39 ISRAEL 2.135 2.199 1.808 2.758 52.50 1.808 2.903 3.069 3.149 74.10 1.32 GERMANY 3.691 3.304 2.751 2.376 -13.63 3.662 2.966 3.122 2.929 -20.02 1.23 PHIL R 4.014 2.853 2.346 2.356 0.42 3.176 2.892 3.004 2.863 -9.88 1.20 JAPAN 9.755 6.266 5.613 1.935 -65.53 7.931 2.874 2.654 2.588 -67.38 1.09 C RICA 1.925 1.711 1.394 1.682 20.64 1.753 1.993 1.999 1.999 14.07 0.84 INDNSIA 1.684 1.705 1.274 1.183 -7.14 1.677 1.635 1.601 1.614 -3.76 0.68 U KING 2.307 1.535 1.289 1.179 -8.56 2.075 1.402 1.382 1.424 -31.35 0.60 HUNGARY 1.418 2.527 2.084 0.621 -70.21 2.235 1.407 1.246 1.064 -52.42 0.45 GUATMAL 2.201 1.544 1.460 0.624 -57.27 1.675 0.734 0.671 0.708 -57.70 0.30 LATVIA 0.254 0.177 0.177 0.593 234.40 0.227 0.288 0.463 0.593 161.15 0.25 HONDURA 1.090 0.545 0.448 0.320 -28.52 0.644 0.395 0.376 0.417 -35.33 0.17 _WTO 274.073 239.850 187.486 185.865 -0.86 248.170 238.444 236.094 238.230 -4.01 99.99 _OECD 82.124 63.508 50.663 51.283 1.22 67.234 62.607 62.774 64.128 -4.62 26.92 _W HEMI 75.266 73.249 58.161 48.068 -17.36 76.197 66.154 64.223 63.155 -17.12 26.51 _NAFTA 67.998 67.734 53.428 44.913 -15.94 70.121 62.132 60.417 59.219 -15.55 24.86 _EU27 63.486 49.889 40.928 40.047 -2.15 52.740 47.701 48.069 49.008 -7.08 20.57 _EU28 63.486 49.889 40.928 40.047 -2.15 52.740 47.701 48.069 49.008 -7.08 20.57 _ASEAN 18.147 14.593 11.499 10.975 -4.55 15.747 14.103 14.000 14.069 -10.66 5.91 _CAFTA 5.230 3.813 3.311 2.628 -20.64 4.081 3.127 3.050 3.129 -23.33 1.31